Hermann Sudermann; Valentin & Charles Laurent [trans.] — Les Chemin-Des-Chats

Paris, A. & G. Mornay, 1924 . Leather. A beautifully bound limited edition of the French translation of Sudermann's tale, illustrated by Paul de Pidoll. Number 691 of 936 copies of this work printed on Rives paper.Translated from the original German into French by Valentin & Charles Laurent, who first published their translation in 1912.In a vibrant half morocco binding with blind tooling, with the publisher's original paper wraps bound in to the front and rear.Illustrated with a frontispiece and numerous two-tone vignette woodcuts by Paul de Pidoll, whose real name was Paul Franz Karl Freiherr von Pidoll, a painter and book illustrator. "Les Beaux Livres" collection, no. 21.A delightful tale from the German dramatist and novelist Hermann Sudermann. In a full morocco binding with blind tooling, and with paper covered boards. Externally, excellent, with very light rubbing to raised bands. Publisher's original front and rear wrap bound in. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Fine . Ill.: Paul de Pidoll. Fine .